a blog about information
There’s been a lot of coverage on “monetising” blogs of late, partly catalysed by a Business 2.0 article titled Blogging for Dollars. So I thought I’d write about something else, something far removed from “monetising”. Things I have been able to do Because Of my blog, rather than With my blog. These are (in no … Continue reading “Things I have been able to do Because Of my blog”
Recent posts and comments by David Churbuck and Johnnie Moore formed the kernels for this post. Thanks, guys. I quote from David’s post on Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead: The Dead were the first band to encourage their fans to record shows and share them. As Garcia said, when the band was done with … Continue reading “On going “ping” rather than “ka-ching””
There’s been a sequence of fascinating comments to my post on Empowering Communities, with Clarence Fisher, Dominic Sayers and Nollind Whachell all chiming in, along with forays into Tribes Learning Communities and Kathy Sierra’s Cognitive Seduction post, coming to a temporary halt at Eve-Online. A ravelling snowball that I’ve been following with interest, maybe even glee. But. I think … Continue reading “Be careful what you pretend to be, because you are what you pretend to be”
Nic Brisbourne set this particular snowball rolling along, with his comments on one of my recent posts. I’d been talking about a future where increased commoditisation led to there being only one real sustainable differentiator, the customer experience. One of the things Nic said struck a chord with me. A discordant and jangly one. [And … Continue reading “On VCs and Products and Services: Another very provisional post”
A few months ago, I asked for feedback as to how I could improve this blog. I got a bunch of comments back, some visible, some as e-mail to me, some verbal. They seemed to fall into four main groups: (a) Could I include a mini-glossary of terms I regularly use, such as Because Of … Continue reading “Work in progress: Responding to feedback on improving this blog”